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Old 01-14-2013, 10:53 PM
 
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Greetings! Thinking about making my own faux timbers using some styrofoam scraps. Any one done this before? I know that there are several companies that do this, but wow are they expensive! Can't be that hard to replicate wood using the Faux tools. Any thoughts?
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Old 01-15-2013, 07:44 AM
 
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How about using real timber?
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Old 01-15-2013, 08:58 AM
 
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The reason they are not cheap is that it harder than it looks -- getting something "uniformly rustic" AND sized right so that it will line up straight / true is not something you can do with "scrap"...

Take off the "s" for an idea of how it will probably look...

Honestly some projects are better left undone.
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Old 01-17-2013, 06:36 AM
 
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hehehehehe Seriously, I'm concerned about the weight of a real beam. My ceiling is 20 foot high at the center and about 20 foot wide. So this is a BIG surface to put a timber. Can the 2x4 rafters hold the weight???? I do have a lot of Eastern Red Cedar on the property I could use. AS I understand it, most new construction builders uses these Faux timbers instead of the real thang. Not having seen them up close and personal I don't know how much " realness " they replicate, but looks like a good solution. Also the Faux beams are created from a mold so depending on what beam style is chosen- all are uniform. In my case, I would paint/stain them an ebony color so the wood grain would not be seen anyway, hence why I was thinking that polystrene columns would work as the Faux beams. Finding the styrofoam is the hardest part!!!!!!
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Old 01-17-2013, 08:39 AM
 
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If you doing for looks you can take cedar and "plow out the back" to make it light enough to manage.
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Old 01-17-2013, 06:36 PM
 
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plow out the back????????????? sounds like something you do to the back 40 heheheheh. I cut a small cedar limb off - about 8 inch diameter by 6 feet AND man was it heavy! I guess because the wood is so dense. Not sure how well Cedar will accept a dark stain either. Thanks for the suggestions
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